Saratoga Race Course

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and legendary New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, July 12 as part of Opening Weekend festivities for the 2019 summer meet. The special visit to Saratoga Race Course comes one week before Rivera heads […]

Racing fans have the opportunity to give dad a gift that lasts all summer long this Father’s Day with a season pass for the 2019 meet at Saratoga Race Course. Clubhouse and Grandstand season passes for the 2019 meet at Saratoga Race Course are on-sale now at nearly 150 Stewart’s Shops locations throughout the greater […]

A $100,000 bonus will be paid to any offspring of champion sprinter Runhappy who wins an unrestricted maiden race during the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course in 2020, when his progeny will race for the first time as 2-year-olds. The bonus will be paid by Jim McIngvale, whose colors Runhappy carried while winning seven […]

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced it will offer a series of races restricted to 2-year-olds purchased for $45,000 or less at their most recent auction starting in July at Saratoga Race Course. “We are happy to try something new at Saratoga,” said Martin Panza, NYRA’s senior vice president of racing operations. […]

In the surest sign that the annual meet at Saratoga Race Course is fast approaching, the famed Oklahoma Training Track is now officially open for spring training for the Thoroughbreds who will compete at the historic Spa later this summer. The start of spring training signifies the official countdown to the 2019 season, which will […]

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that dining reservations for the 2019 season at Saratoga Race Course will be available to the general public beginning Wednesday, April 10 at 10 a.m.   Dining reservation requests for the Turf Terrace, Club Terrace and The Porch will be accepted via the digital reservation management system TOCK. Fans […]

According to The Daily Gazette, a source with knowledge of Friday’s meeting of the New York Racing Association’s Board of Directors has confirmed that the board did vote in favor of extending the 2019 race meet at Saratoga. Originally, the plan was to kick off the meeting on July 19 and race six days per week […]

In search of his third consecutive victory, Mr. Buff will headline a group of 8 salty veterans in the $100,000 Alex M. Robb at 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-olds and up on Saturday, December 29 at Aqueduct Racetrack. A 4-year-old homebred son of Friend or Foe for owners Chester and Mary Broman in the care […]

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today concluded its 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course with the second highest all-sources handle in history, despite a summer meet that was inundated with more than 10 inches of rain. Total all-sources handle generated during the meet was $659,083,459, in spite of the fact that 50 races […]

Chad Brown’s record-setting effort led to his second H. Allen Jerkens award for the Saratoga meet’s top trainer, while jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. notched his second Angel Cordero, Jr. award for leading jockey as the 40-day meet concluded Monday, Labor Day, at the Spa. Klaravich Stables was the meet’s leading owner with 21 victories and […]